Live Long Naturally

Most people lead lives of quiet desperation.    Emerson

The cost of desperation, like cheap food is our health on every level (body, mind, spirit). Limiting beliefs and worry make our world, hopes, and dreams smaller – we do not grow in our comfort zone.

Feeling fat or fatigued? Our thoughts create the feelings, the feelings create the action, the actions decide whether we remain fat and fatigued, stressed or depressed. The energy put into negative thinking rob us of our energy. As listed in the last post… a lack of self-love is the root cause of much “self-induced” suffering. A few ways around that include:

• Taking responsibility for where we are – we made our bed, we can remake it.
• Create our life rather than react to it.
• Respect our body, build it up through nutrition – it will respond favorably.
• Get involved with things that matter.
• Embrace our uniqueness.
• Do what makes our heart sing.
• Keep our word with our self.
• and lastly… enjoy the journey.

We do have a choice on how well (and attractively) we age. Take a step in the bright direction (and don’t look back)!

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Want a better body? Think better thoughts. Our beliefs can be our world, good or bad. Thoughts can also control our eating. Happy thoughts can equal healthy eating – negative thoughts can cause destructive eating, eating to “feel” happy, eating ourselves into oblivion.

My coach Carolyn McCormick (who certified me as a coach) states every emotional and psychological pitfall comes down to the following 5 thoughts:

1. I am not enough or good enough
2. I am not loved or lovable
3. I am not right, or something is wrong with me
4. I am a failure
5. I am not safe

Narrow these down further and the core belief is: A lack of self love.  Happiness is an inside job, we all have it in us. Our job is not to be like others. Rather, it is to embrace our unique qualities, the divine design of our life.

He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is enlightened  Lao Tzu

Are your thoughts getting the best of you? Watch a sunset, listen to a kitten purr, or see a dog’s tail wag… these simple things in life can lift your energy to a higher vibration. If given the opportunity… spend time with a baby – John Gray states, babies are the closest thing to being like God. I know my 3 year-old grand niece gives me the warmest of  fuzzies! My heart does cartwheels when I am with her.

We can Age Less, On Purpose! Next post will give more reasons and ways to love yourself despite the world around us.

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Whose making your bed? In the literal sense… as a young child, most likely your parents. As we get older and figuratively speaking… we make our bed. Not liking how your life is shaping up thus far? Not enough leisure time?

I’m a true believer in balance… balance between work, rest, and play, balance of the body, mind, and spirit (your emotional, spiritual and physical health), balance between the amount of exercise and rest you get, balance between what goes into your body and what comes out, not just quantity but quality as well. Even the tires on your vehicle need balancing. Without balance, neither our vehicle nor ourselves would be around long. Balance is the key to your long-term health and naturally good looks.

I am forever a work in progress… learning and growing, and doing my darndest to shine and share complete health, healing and happiness with others… this is my purpose!

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The more you own, the more it owns you. Having helped more than one person with cancer, I’ve seen many buying things they don’t need. A sense of not trusting. Buying or accumulating more to fill a gap, a void, a restlessness inside that no amount of things or pills can fill. Please know… this is not to single out cancer – clutter does not lead to cancer, however… a detox of body, mind, spirit, and surroundings will improve your energy and therefore your life.

Unease can lead to disease.

Detoxing your environment and your body can free you up in ways you never dreamt possible. It can end the fat and fatigue – it can free your mind and spirit to do the things you were put on this earth to do. You can begin going with the flow instead of swimming upstream.

Do your friends, family, acquaintances, pets, health, emotional state, financial state, home, or vehicle give you energy or drain your energy? Knowing this is key to living long naturally and on purpose!

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For my fellow Americans celebrating Labor Day or living in a country that does… Happy Labor Day!

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. U.S. Dept. of Labor

What makes your heart sing… what can you spend your time doing regardless of the money? A labor of love? Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to see the movie, The Garden. A true story of a 14 acre community organic garden in an industrial area of Los Angeles. The garden included 350 family plots cultivated by a group of indigenous people. It was a place to grow fresh organic produce, mingle, and share knowledge of plants among the people and generations.

It came to a sad end in 2006 due to money and politics. However, these wonderful people live on and continue their purpose, their labor of love. Only now, they share it with the community through a CSA (Community Sustained Agriculture). A wonderful selection of organic fruits and vegetables, the history of these amazing people, and the DVD are available via their website.

… to get your own box of goodies, sown with love and no pesticides click on photo – many pick up locations to choose from.

I bow of my head in honor of the South Central Farmers this Labor Day! Their sense of purpose, healthful diet, and unity in their community will no doubt help them live long naturally… just like nature intended!

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